[91] The video was directed by Nick Knight. As of our launch, #BeKind21 has recruited participants around the world who have pledged 160+ million acts of kindness. She loved it and that's how we went about it," he added. After a series of dance sequences, the video concludes with the view of a city populated by this race. [79] In addition, the song broke the overall airplay debut record with a first week audience of 78.5 million, entering at number six on the Radio Songs chart; this feat surpassed Janet Jackson's "All for You" (2001) which had debuted at number nine with an audience of 70 million. Don't be a drag, just be a queen Whether you're broke or evergreen You're black, white, beige, chola descent You're Lebanese, you're Orient. Questions are answered and myths debunked when the cast experiences an open and frank discussion on love, relationships and sexuality. Well, this show inspired me! [51] Megan Friedman from Time and Marissa Moss from The Huffington Post summarized their reaction as "mixed", due to the similarities they found with "Express Yourself". I want a visual.' It is composed in the key of B major (in the F♯ Mixolydian mode) as Gaga's voice spans the tonal nodes of F♯3 to C♯5. Songs: Sons Of A Legend", "Ask Billboard: Lady Gaga's Career Sales & Streams; Ariana Grande Takes '7' to 1", "Lady Gaga's 'Born' Blasts Off With Huge Sales & Radio Start", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Blasts Into Pop Songs Top 10", "Lady Gaga Leaps To Record-Tying No. "[142] Many other journalists highlighted the significance of singing the song at the Super Bowl, calling it a subtle political statement. [6] Gaga wanted to record her own freedom song, and explained with Billboard her inspiration behind the song: I want to write my this-is-who-the-fuck-I-am anthem, but I don't want it to be hidden in poetic wizardry and metaphors. Title: She was always birthing something visual in her head, and Nick Knight is just, well, he's prolific but he's so genius. [86] It sold 625,000 copies in 2011 in the UK and 712,600 copies by September 2016. It features altered lyrics, though it maintains the chorus and melody of Gaga's version. It follows Cedric and Gertrude, two young Cameroonians, as they move between a secret, supportive LGBT ... See full summary », Karen Best is a big girl with a big personality and a big love of Chardonnay, which occasionally causes her to make some big mistakes with men. [44] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song five out of five stars, describing it as a "life-affirming equality anthem, a straight-up club pumper and a flat-out fantastic pop song. Alternating clips show Gaga caressing and attempting to dance with him while he stays expressionless and motionless for the most part. [98] Gaga painted her face in a similar way to Genest, in one of the main series of sequences. [17][18], "Born This Way" was written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen (formerly of the band Junior Senior), and produced with Paul Blair (a.k.a. The scenes alternate between the dance, and Gaga singing on her throne in space. ", "Lady Gaga Displays Her 'Born This Way' Cover Art", "Lady Gaga Names Her New Album 'Born This Way, "Lady Gaga To Make Born This Way Announcement New Year's Eve", "Lady Gaga Releases Full 'Born This Way' Lyrics", "Lady Gaga To Release 'Born This Way' Early", "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Release Details Unveiled", "Born This Way (Legal Title) – BMI Work #12342685", "Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" Falls Short of Predecessors, Hype", "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Single Review – 5 out of 5 Stars", "Does Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Rip Off Madonna? The song was treated with different remixes, including a "Country Road" version recorded by Gaga herself and another by Indian production duo Salim-Sulaiman. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. [2] The first song written and recorded for the album was the title track itself which she wrote in Liverpool and Manchester, England,[3][4] described by Gaga as a "magical message" song. Anyone could sing 'Born This Way'. All this publication's reviews; Read full review; musicOMH.com. [71], "Born This Way" went on to break the record for the fastest selling song in iTunes history, selling a million copies worldwide in five days. Her management responded that she must hear the song before providing approval. Hourlong episodes follow the Southern California residents as they pursue passions and dreams, explore friendships and romantic relationships, and generally defy society's expectations. [162] After what Yankovic described as "considerable expense" in writing, recording, and mastering the song in the studio, he contacted Gaga's management again with a completed recording of the song. 1) - Single by Lady Gaga", "Born This Way (The Remixes, Pt. In the second verse, Gaga and Rico are in tuxedos, with her face painted to mirror his. And Born This Way does solidify her standing as something of a pop visionary, although Gaga is a little bit too eager to embrace her role as messiah, letting her skills as a songwriter slide ever so slightly. In the opening sequence of the video, Gaga wore a head accessory by Alexis Bittar, a diamond neckpiece by Erickson Beamon with earrings by Pamela Love, and a stained-glass dress by Petra Storrs. Created by Jonathan Murray, directed by Laura Korkoian, and produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, the show … Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Email ‘Born This Way’ is an award-winning American reality television series that airs on the A&E network and is available on Amazon Prime Video. Written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, who produced it along with Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow, the track was developed while Gaga was on the road with The Monster Ball Tour. Hopefully makes people aware that it's OK to be yourself. [69][70] Subsequently, the song held the number one spot for six weeks making it the only song to debut at number one and stay there for over a month since Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" in 1997. Watch Born This Way Free Online. Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation on raising awareness for mental health and wellness 6 May 2021, 4:25 pm Cynthia Germanotta, President and Co-Founder of Born This Way Foundation and Ash Lopez, Channel Kindness Author and Reporter for the Born This Way Foundation, joined Yahoo Finance to discuss mental health awareness. It's about the song. Gaga had been impressed by Aragon's singing abilities when the ten-year-old uploaded her own version of "Born This Way" to YouTube. Gaga performed the song at the 53rd Grammy Awards after coming out of an incubating vessel. SD HD HD selected. [27], The lyrics during the verses talk about empowerment, while the chorus talks about making no apologies and accepting one as themselves. Shiladitya Ray. It's, like, more technical than anything she's ever done," she recalled. He was subsequently refused permission, without Gaga listening to the track and Yankovic getting the impression that the refusal came from the singer herself. [153] Fellow American singer Katy Perry performed a stripped-down version of "Born This Way", on the March 7, 2011, date of her California Dreams Tour, in Paris. [74] It is her eighth consecutive song to top the two million mark, and her sixth song to reach three million downloads. [68] "Born This Way" remained at the top the following week, selling another 509,000 copies in its first full week of release, and becoming the first song to enter the Hot 100 at number one and hold that position for a second week since Clay Aiken's "This Is The Night" in 2003. And Jesus calls upon us to DENY the evil part in our souls, and … It is a viral message. Named after the singer's album Born This Way (2011), the Foundation is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and working with them to "make the world kinder and braver". You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The song reached number one in over 25 countries and was her third single to top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the 1,000th song in that chart's history (since 1958) to reach number one. [8] Tanner Stransky from Entertainment Weekly gave a positive review of the cover art, feeling that Gaga looked almost "animalistic" in the picture, and her flowing hair made her look like a creature from the African jungle. "[1] Jocelyn Vena from MTV felt that the performance was "surprisingly" sparse compared to Gaga's previous "over-the-top" endeavors. Shortly after, she added it to the setlist of the last leg of The Monster Ball Tour. It also landed at the top spot of the album chart in its first week in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression. Michael Cragg from The Guardian called the song an "almost disco anthem", and said the chorus "crashes in with the weight of a discarded meat dress". [129] A few days later, Gaga performed the song on Good Morning America as a part of their "Summer Concert Series". Gaga, with shoulder and facial protrusions (prosthetic makeup mimicking subdermal implants) walks in a seemingly endless black space, where people are on their hands and knees in an organized pattern. The song is about learning who you are and loving that person, no matter of your race, gender, or sexuality. All this publication's reviews; Read full review; The Telegraph (UK) May 24, 2011. The Merchants were contacted by Gaga's manager, Troy Carter, and the remix was finalized. I don't want to exist in this machine or this circus that is the industry. MANAGE YOUR COOKIE PREFERENCES. Imagine what she'd come up with if she'd spent more than ten minutes writing [the song]. [100], Released on Monday, February 28, 2011,[102] the video begins with a brief shot of a unicorn's silhouette in a steam-filled alley, inside a pink triangle frame. For other songs, see. [28] It features the names of LGBT and other minority communities, which was due to the support Gaga had received from the community over the years. [166][167], BBC Radio 1's Alex Full a.k.a. I'm humbled, honored and overwhelmed at the reception to 'Born This Way'. Gaga's management team were satisfied with their remix and wanted them to do another remix of her next song, "Judas". ", "Lady Gaga's Official Top 20 biggest songs in the UK revealed", International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video Is 'Profound,' Makeup Artist Says", "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Video is 'Life-Changing, "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video Is 'Life Changing, "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' Video Details Emerge", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video, Frame By Frame", "Lady Gaga Says 'Born This Way' Video Shows 'The Birth Of A New Race, "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Creative Director Explains: Why NYC? It created a media frenzy with many speculating that she was "dissing" Gaga and the song. Not all Latino ladies are 'cholas' in the barrio, some of them are teachers, writers, engineers and nurses and doctors. The tour visited all continents, except Antarctica, and was ranked as the fifth highest-grossing tour of 2012 by Pollstar. Zur deutschen Übersetzung von Born This Way. Her new half gives birth to a machine gun and fires it. April 25, 2019. “Born This Way” was too. Documentary featuring two Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) families: the Garcia family and the Mansfield family. He added that seeing the hype surrounding the project, he expected Gaga to release a song "as epic and instantly classic as The Beatles' 'A Day in the Life' or Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. [75] As of February 2019, it has sold 4.3 million digital downloads in the US. They are sending the world strong and powerful messages about life, that we should all embrace. It's the same one that has been in disco music for the last 50 years. "[1], After the early release of the lyrics, it had garnered criticism from some Asian[29] and Hispanic communities, including Latino groups MECha and Chicanos Unidos Arizona,[30] claiming that the usage of the terms "chola" and "orient" was offensive and derogatory. Gaga is depicted as giving birth to a new race during a prologue. [7][8][9] The artwork was described by Charlie Amter from The Hollywood Reporter as harkening back to the classic record covers from the 1980s. This FAQ is empty. As much as "Born this Way" has been embraced as a gay anthem, Tim Cox says it is also for anyone who feels outside the mainstream — and that gives it staying power. We use necessary cookies to make our site work and to give you the best possible experience. It was released on March 29, 2011, for digital download only, with the name Born This Way – The Remixes Part 2. From the gate, Gaga was like, 'I want Nick Knight for this video. At the exact location and time, 20 years later, two people meet again in the park. I wish I could be encapsulated for three days and just think only about my performance, think only about the album, think only about the future of my fans. [117] Soraya Roberts from New York Daily News was disappointed with the "highly expected" performance, feeling that it had copied Madonna and her Blond Ambition World Tour choreography. I'm not trying to gain new fans. Finn accidentally breaks Rachel's nose during dance rehearsals. Auf Facebook teilen Facebook Songtext twittern Twitter Whatsapp. Yankovic obliged with the lyrics of "Perform This Way", which was released on April 25, 2011, as the first single from his thirteenth studio album, Alpocalypse, on iTunes Store. All of the Gaga's strengths on her one-hour monolith are condensed into a four-minute unstoppable ode to the outcasts of the world. Ooh, there ain't no other way Baby, I was born this way I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't be a drag, just be a queen Whether you're broke or evergreen You're black, white, beige, chola descent You're Lebanese, you're orient Whether life's disabilities Left you outcast, bullied or teased Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way "[149], On March 3, 2011, during her concert in Toronto (Canada), Gaga performed an acoustic version of the song with ten-year-old Maria Aragon. 2) – Single by Lady GaGa", "Born This Way – Limited Edition CD Single", "The 20 Best Record Store Day Exclusives", "Born This Way (The Country Road Version) – Single by Lady Gaga", Australian-charts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Austriancharts.at – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Canada Hot AC)", Danishcharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Euro Digital Song Sales)", Lescharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Offiziellecharts.de – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Greece Digital Song Sales)", The Irish Charts – Search Results – Born This Way", Italiancharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Luxembourg Digital Song Sales)", "Continúa Lady Gaga a la cabeza de las preferencias radiales en inglés", Dutchcharts.nl – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Norwegiancharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Portugal Digital Song Sales)", "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100", "가온차트와 함께하세요 – Digital Comprehensive charts", Spanishcharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Swedishcharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Swisscharts.com – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Adult Contemporary)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Dance Club Songs)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Dance Mix/Show Airplay)", "Lady Gaga Chart History (Latin Pop Songs)", "Adele's "21" crowned ARIA's highest selling album of 2011, LMFAO takes single honours with "Party Rock Anthem, "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Dance Singles 2011", "Billboard Year-end 2011: Canadian Hot 100", "Classement des 100 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK Music 2011", "Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2011", "Top Selling Singles of 2011 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart", "ROMANIAN TOP 100 – clasamentul anului 2011", "Billboard Year-end 2011: Adult Pop Songs", "Billboard Year-end 2011: Hot Dance Club Songs", "Billboard Year-end 2011: Hot Mainstream Top 40", "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – singles 2012", "Danish single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "InfoDisc : Les Meilleurs Ventes de Singles en 2011", "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Lady Gaga; 'Born This Way')", "Italian single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This", "Norwegian single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "South Korean Gaon Chart: Online download – 2011", "Spanish single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Lady Gaga; 'Born This Way')", "Lady Gaga's Biggest Songs on the Official UK Chart (Updated 2020)", "British single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", "American single certifications – Lady Gaga – Born This Way", Recording Industry Association of America, "EarOne | Radio Date, le novita musicali della settimana", "Born This Way Lady Gaga, Rock & Pop, CD Singles", "Born This Way (The Remixes, Pt. —Gaga talking about the meaning of "Born This Way".[1]. I can't believe it. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. (C) 2011 The Recording Academy an automatic Stand defined by constant power independent of the distance from Kyo, and is unusual in that it rides a motorcycle. [172] Later, Gaga showed appreciation for the cover on her Twitter account. ", "Lady Gaga Releases Country Version Of 'Born This Way, "Lady Gaga To Donate 'Born This Way' Country Remix Proceeds To Charity", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Bollywood Remix Is 'Magical,' Producers Say", "Lady Gaga's Born This Way: first review", "Lady Gaga New Song Premieres – Born This Way", "Single Review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way, "Lady Gaga's Born This Way: Gay Anthems And Girl Power", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Criticized for Similarities to Madonna Songs", "Hear It: Lady Gaga's Single "Born This Way, "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way': Vogue Yourself", "Twitter Killed the Radio Star: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way, "Is 'Born This Way' the gayest song ever? Inspired by 1990s music which empowered women and the gay community, Gaga explained that "Born This Way" was her freedom song. "[59], At the end of 2011, Slant Magazine listed "Born This Way" as the fifth best song of the year, with Ed Gonzalez from the website commenting that the song is an "unmistakable landmark pop-cultural moment, a post-irony, post-metaphor, pansexual celebration, aimed squarely at the audience that probably needs it the most. [80][81] "Born This Way" took the number one position in its debut week in Canada, remaining atop the Canadian Hot 100 for seven weeks. "[60] It also placed the same rank on the list by MTV, with Gil Kaufman from the channel saying that the song and the music video "added to Gaga's mind-tripping visual canon and further established her as one of the biggest triple threats in music. [89] "Born This Way" had sold 8.2 million digital copies by November 2011 and had become the fifth best-selling digital single of the year, worldwide.[90]. "[102] Myrddin Gwynedd of The New Zealand Herald felt that Gaga's penchant for eccentric and provocative imagery, was extreme in the video. But the biggest thing about Karen is her big ... See full summary ». [149] Chris Willman, from Variety reacted positively to her latter performance, saying that "Born This Way" "should have been born this way, the way she sings it alone at the piano, as a sort of slow gospel number; it no longer sounds like a kicky 'Vogue' knockoff but something more primal and spiritual, and it's surprisingly moving in this more reverent frame. Marcia demanding the truth and Cal holding tight to the lie. Gaga sits in the throne, giving birth to a "new race within the race of humanity." [57] Two months later, while getting interviewed by NME magazine, Gaga further addressed the comparisons to "Express Yourself": Why would I try to put out a song and think I'm getting one over everybody? The nexus of 'Born This Way' and the soul of the record reside in this idea that you were not necessarily born in one moment. Unlike so many of her peers, she does not cut and paste her tracks digitally, she constructs from the chords up, then accessorizes … ", Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video Premiers, "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Fashions Decoded", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video Premieres", "Lady Gaga Debuts first 'Born This Way' video", "Video Review: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", "Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' Video: A Pop-Culture Cheat Sheet", "Lady Gaga: 'Born This Way' video premieres", "Lady Gaga Debuts New 'Born This Way' Music Video", "Lady Gaga 'Born This Way' music video premieres: Graphic birth imagery breaks taboos", "Watch Now: Lady Gaga Delivers the World in "Born This Way" Video! tour,[159] the song also was included on the concert-film Glee: The 3D Concert Movie and the original soundtrack. While about no strangers to the popular Cash Days, these drivers have never been ... See full summary », Honesty, humor and heart are at the center of A&E's original docuseries, which highlights the outgoing personalities and amazing abilities of seven young adults born with Down syndrome. [154], The Glee cast covered the song during a thematic episode of their second season. For her Michael Jackson impression in the alley at the video's end, Gaga wore shirt and pants designed by her creative team, the Haus of Gaga, shoes by Natacha Marro, a Billykirk belt and LaCrasia gloves. According to Gil Kaufman of MTV, the song breaks into full-on country-rock mode, reminiscent of late-period Bon Jovi music, in the final minute. Use the HTML below. She also added that the artwork was "totally and completely fierce". Who Cares? Can't play on this device. The music video was shot the weekend of January 22–24, 2011 in New York City, and was described by Gaga's team as a "profound, so inspiring and so incredibly beautiful" video. I think that there's something in there for everyone, and that's what's so amazing about the video and so specific about the message. In the succeeding shots, she is once again shown on her throne giving birth to more members of the new race. [1] On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno she explained that Smith inspired her to "whip my hair back and forth on stage," referring to Smith's similar named song. [119] Gaga played the music on the organ, which was surrounded by mannequin heads submerged in gel, before belting out the rest of the bridge as her dancers surrounded her. [117] She later emerged from another bigger egg on stage, dressed in a high ponytail, gold bra top and long skirt, with black and gold makeup and pointed shoulders and horns protruding from her face. With Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Jessalyn Gilsig, Jane Lynch. "It's all about the next generation and the future. It sounds like it reads, but not like you think until you hear it," he added. He compared it to the artworks by bands like Missing Persons, Roxy Music and Duran Duran. [10] Nicole Eggenberger from OK! [160][161], American singer-songwriter and parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic had sought permission from Gaga to parody "Born This Way", providing a brief description of the concept for his song. 20 years of silence and 20 years of pain and shame. Media reports suggested that the singer might play the character of Jo Calderone, the male model she had portrayed in the September issue of Japanese Vogue Hommes. | Full season and episodes - free online streaming fast high quality legal movies and TV television shows About the Series A&E Network’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning docuseries Born This Way celebrates the Christmas season with a one-hour series finale special, “A Very Born This Way Christmas,” premiering Wednesday, December 18 at 9P. The show received a Television Academy Honor in 2016. [77][78] In its seventh week on the chart, "Born This Way" reached the top, becoming Gaga's seventh number-one song there, thus tying her with Pink and Rihanna as the artist's with the most number one songs on the chart. "[102] In conclusion of his review, he wrote that the fantasy aspects of the video is overshadowed by the overall spectacle, which he believed was analogous to Gaga, "after thoroughly dominating this world with 'Born This Way,' [she] seems content to create brand-new worlds to tower over. [35] Another set of remixes were done by Michael Woods, Grum, Dada Life, Zedd, Bimbo Jones and Twin Shadow. This article is about the Lady Gaga song. Just before the three-minute mark, Gaga sings new lyrics, "If I wanna make it country, baby, then it's OK, cuz I was born, I was born, I was born this way," over a picked mandolin. Sulaiman explained that they received Gaga's raw vocals from "Born This Way", and using it as a base, they designed the remix. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 26, 2011. Written by Gaga and Jeppe Laursen, who produced it along with Fernando Garibay and DJ White Shadow, the track was developed while Gaga was on the road with The Monster Ball Tour. This has been so life-changing for me. The Bollywood remixes were a part of the Indian track list of Born This Way. [41] Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons of The Washington Post stated that "Born This Way" was a "hymn for LGBT Christians". May 23, 2011 . The performance was accompanied by two guitarists playing acoustic guitars. [136] In 2014, Gaga performed an acoustic version of "Born This Way" during her residency show at Roseland Ballroom and at the ArtRave: The Artpop Ball tour. In the first few seconds after performing the intro of the song, Gaga emerged from the egg,[1] and after the first chorus, she whipped her hair in a manner similar to singer Willow Smith. [111][112] Ann Powers from Los Angeles Times noted that the video paid tribute to the Goddess movement and feminism. "[62] Furthermore, The Guardian listed "Born This Way" as the 18th best song of 2011. The first set of remixes were done by LA Riots, Chew Fu and DJ White Shadow. "Born This Way" follows a chord progression of F♯5–F♯–E–B–F♯ in the chorus. "I tell you what I think is beauty, and hence the scene was of me and Rico defining ourselves in artistic way and not relying on society to dictate it," she added. Whether life's disabilities Left you outcast, bullied, or teased Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause, baby, you were … [24] Alison Schwartz from People added that "the club-ready anthem, complete with a few a cappella chants and Italian lyrics, shows off Gaga's powerhouse vocal chords—and knack for powerful songwriting. Born This Way He also complimented the song's underlying message of equality. DJ White Shadow) and Fernando Garibay,[6][19] while it was mixed at Abbey Road Studios in London and Germano Studios in New York. [37] The version opens with the sound of guitars and then introduces a fuzzed-out slide guitar and a bluesy harmonica by Tim Harris, with the original disco beats replaced by restrained brush drumming and a more laid-back vibe. The song sold 448,000 digital downloads in three days, the most downloads in a first week by a female artist, beating the previous record held by Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me". It was released on February 11, 2011. [124] Tris McCall from The Star-Ledger was most impressed with the performance, calling it one of the highlights of the concert. "[123], Starting from the February 19, 2011 date of The Monster Ball Tour, Gaga performed "Born This Way" as a second encore to the show, using the same general attire and choreography as the Grammy performance, however the incubation vessel was not present and slight alterations were made in the outfits of her dancers. [64] Along with the song winning the 2011 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song, Gaga won also the award for Best Video with "Born This Way" at the same event. Written by You have your entire life to birth yourself into becoming the ultimate potential vision that you see for you. [169][170][171] Alice Cooper added a cover of the song to the 2012 leg of his No More Mr. Nice Guy tour. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The lyrics discuss the self-empowerment of minorities including the LGBT community as well as racial minorities, referring to "cholas" and "orients". [117], According to Gaga the Grammy performance was inspired by many things, including Gregorian music, Alvin Ailey dance moves and Martha Graham's dance energy. 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